Table 1.

Mean resting levels in normal animals and animals in heart failure from 5 min of control data

	Normals	Heart Failure
Central venous pressure, mmHg	0.0±1.0	3.0±1.0*
Mean arterial pressure, mmHg	87±2	76±3*
Heart rate, beats/min	73±4	81±3
CSNA, spikes/s	11±2	21±1*
CSNA burst incidence, %	34±5	93±2*

Values are means ± SE; n = 9 per group. CSNA, cardiac sympathetic nerve activity.

^*P < 0.05.